Best PlacesTaylors Falls, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Taylors Falls, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Taylors Falls ranks 11,250th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Taylors Falls
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Taylors Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Taylors Falls ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Taylors Falls ranks low
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,041 a month, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Taylors Falls
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Taylors Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,461, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Taylors Falls' effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Taylors Falls
Taylors Falls's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Taylors Falls.
Who works in Taylors Falls, and how
Work in Taylors Falls centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Taylors Falls
Taylors Falls has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Taylors Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Taylors Falls, month by month
Taylors Falls sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Taylors Falls
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 46 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Taylors Falls
Schools across Taylors Falls average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sunrise River Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Taylors Falls ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisago Lakes MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- North Branch Area Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisago Lakes Senior HighB+ · 58% proficient
- North Branch Area High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Taylors Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Taylors Falls measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Taylors Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Taylors Falls
Is Taylors Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Taylors Falls ranks 11,250th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on long commutes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Taylors Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,485. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $94,461 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Taylors Falls safe?
Yes, Taylors Falls is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Taylors Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Taylors Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Taylors Falls represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Taylors Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Taylors Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Taylors Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Taylors Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Taylors Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Taylors Falls detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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